Erie County 



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garden products. la the central part near East Aurora, and in the 

 southern part near Springville, Chaffee, and Sardinia, maple sugar 

 is produced in large quantities. 



Commercial interests, as well -as the manufacture of iron and 

 steel, are of vast importance in the county. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Erie County are taken from those of 

 the local weather bureau office in Buffalo, which is at an eleva- 

 tion of 1,000 feet above Lake Erie. 



Average dates for the last killing frosts in spring and the first 

 in fall arc May 1 and October 25, giving a growing season of 177 

 days. 



In tho following table the temperature records cover a period of 

 44 years and the precipitation records 56 years, ending with 

 1917. Both normal and extreme temperatures and precipitation 

 are shown. 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation' at Buffalo 



January. . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August. . . 

 September 

 October. . 

 November 

 December . 



Year..... 



Temperature 



Aver- 

 age 



25.2 



23.7 

 31.4 

 42.5 

 54.4 

 64.7 

 69.9 

 68.6 

 62.7 

 51.3 

 39.2 

 29.6 



46.9 



Highest 

 maximum 



Degrees Year 



70 

 67 

 79 

 84 

 94 

 93 

 95 

 95 

 95 

 86 

 71 

 64 



95 



1906 

 1906 

 1905 

 1899 

 1911 

 1895 

 1911 

 1914 

 1900 

 1898 

 1913 

 1901 



1914 s1 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degrees Year 



—14 



—13 



—4 



11 



28 



39 



47 



44 



35< 



24 



2 



—9 



—14 



1884 

 1895 

 1885 

 1881 

 1891 

 1891 

 1898 

 1880 

 1878 

 1887 

 1875 

 1880 



1884 



Precipitation 



Average 

 inches 



3.36 

 2.99 

 2.70 

 2.56 

 3.12 

 2.86 

 3.25 

 3.06 

 3.03 

 3.48 

 3.21 

 3.31 



36.89 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



2.02 



1.76 



1.50 



1.94 



2.15 



3.28 



56 



25 



36 



10 



.5.'] 



53 



'4.25 



Year 



1896 

 1872 

 1900 

 1903 

 1894 

 1885 

 1896 

 1893 

 1875 

 1881 

 1871 

 1878 



1893 



Snow, 

 average 



depth 

 in inches 



20.8 



18.6 



10.1 



4.1 



0.3 



0.5 



5.7 

 16.0 



75.9 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface is level in the north, rolling in the center, and hilly 

 in the south. A flat region, much of it marshy, lies along Tona- 

 wanda Creek and occupies the greater part of the northern tier of 



